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NMIS appoints Michelin’s Reid as new CEO

Added: 26 May 2020

The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has announced that former Michelin executive J…

Strict safety measures enable RPI to achieve ‘90% production’

Added: 21 May 2020

Specialist inspection systems develop RPI UK says its production capacity is back to 90% since reop…

Don’t let lockdown block recruitment of young talent says Make UK

Added: 27 Apr 2020

Manufacturers’ organisation Make UK called on engineering and manufacturing employers not to halt r…

Biopharma boost

UK pharmaceutical patents continue YoY rise

Added: 27 Apr 2020

Latest European Patent Office (EPO) data reveals the UK was responsible for 293 pharmaceutical sect…

VSD blowers ensure reduced maintenance programme

Added: 23 Apr 2020

Installing modern VSD rotary screw blowers, Scottish Water's Nigg wastewater treatment works now ac…

VFDs point the way forward for tackling animal feed crisis

Added: 22 Apr 2020

Growing demand for animal and fish food protein means more facilities will need controlled, ambient…

Lorien unveils Africa expansion plans

Added: 14 Apr 2020

Lorien Engineering Solutions has launched an office in South Africa prompted by a growing demand in…

Pandemic effect ‘likely to increase R&D commitment long term’

Added: 14 Apr 2020

The severity of the impact from the coronavirus pandemic could delay recent Government promises to …

Combating Covid-19: Process sector contributions continue

Added: 14 Apr 2020

Process industry firms are continuing to switch their attention to combating the Covid-19 crisis, w…

Virtual events ‘reduce carbon emissions by more than 99%’ claim

Added: 14 Apr 2020

The swathe of industrial and consumer trade shows cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic…

Process Industry rallies with Covid-19 action

Added: 8 Apr 2020

Companies throughout Britain and those which form part of the process industry supply chain have do…

AD equipment to be tested by avalanche of food waste from panic-buying

Added: 31 Mar 2020

AD and biogas operators should brace themselves for an avalanche of food waste that will test their…

Company vows to tackle source of one in five major oil & gas accidents

Added: 24 Mar 2020

Creators of a new digital tool for the oil and gas industry say it could help reduce a major cost a…

Rotherham advanced solutions firm gains US foothold

Added: 23 Mar 2020

Plant reliability specialist AVT Reliability has opened its first subsidiary in the USA, following …

Call for £7.5 bn investment to erase plastic waste and refuel economy

Added: 23 Mar 2020

Britain must invest billions to tackle the nearly five million tonnes of plastic waste it generates…

There's no short cuts to boosting female recruits in the manufacturing supply chain

Added: 18 Mar 2020

The lack of female recruits into the manufacturing supply chain is a brake on talent and needs urge…

EPO reveals ‘significant’ growth for UK patent applications in Europe

Added: 17 Mar 2020

The volume of patent applications filed by UK businesses in Europe has risen ‘significantly’ for th…

Sleaford recognised for commitment to food innovation

Added: 17 Mar 2020

Multiple packaged foods supplier Sleaford Quality Foods (SQF), is celebrating after after winning t…

Nuclear atom

Just a quarter of young people know nuclear is low carbon source

Added: 9 Mar 2020

Barely one in four people aged 18-24 surveyed realise nuclear power is a low carbon source of elect…

Pressure grows for Budget boost to manufacturing

Added: 9 Mar 2020

As the Chancellor prepared the first Budget of Boris Johnson’s administration, manufacturing leader…